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What is the importance of an "Eagle Ministry"? | What is the importance of an "Eagle Ministry"? Are prophets likened to eagles in the Bible or is this just another example of William Branham's [[Lazy Theology|lazy theology]]? | ||
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William Branham stated many times that the Bible compared God's prophets to eagles. However, he never provided one scriptural example of where this was the case. | William Branham stated many times (see the list of quotes below) that the Bible compared God's prophets to eagles. However, he never provided one scriptural example of where this was the case. We consider this to be [[Lazy Theology|lazy theology]]. | ||
He also stated that an eagle could fly higher than any other bird which is also completely false. | |||
The most impressive altitude record is that of a flock of Whooper Swans which was seen on radar arriving over Northern Ireland on migration and was visually identified by an airline pilot at 29,000 feet.<ref>[http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/How_Fast.html Stanford University]</ref>. The Bar-headed Goose is one of the world's highest-flying birds, having been heard flying across Mount Makalu – the fifth highest mountain on earth at 8,481 m (27,825 ft) – and apparently seen over Mount Everest – 8,848 m (29,029 ft).<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-headed_Goose Wikipedia - Bar-headed Goose</ref> | |||
But the world record for high altitude flying by a bird is... <drum roll>... a Ruppell’s vulture (gyps rueppellii) which collided with a commercial aircraft over Abidjan, Ivory Coast, at an altitude of 37,900 feet in November 1973. The impact damaged one of the aircraft’s engines, but the plane landed safely. The avian altitude record in North America is held by a mallard, which collided with an airplane on July 9, 1963, at 21,000 feet above Elko, Nevada.<ref>[http://archive.audubonmagazine.org/birds/birds0011.html Audubon Magazine, 2000]</ref> | |||
Eagles are not found in any of the records for highest flying birds. | |||
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Here are a few of William Branham's quotes on the subject of eagles and prophets: | |||
:''A prophet in the Bible is a eagle. He goes higher than other birds, and he can see way off, things coming.<ref>HEAR.YE.HIM_ CHATTANOOGA.TN SATURDAY_ 58-0301E</ref> | :''A prophet in the Bible is a eagle. He goes higher than other birds, and he can see way off, things coming.<ref>HEAR.YE.HIM_ CHATTANOOGA.TN SATURDAY_ 58-0301E</ref> | ||